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List Of Cuban-American Writers
See also * Cuban American literature * List of Cuban writers * List of Cuban women writers * List of Cuban Americans * Before Columbus Foundation The Before Columbus Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 1976 by Ishmael Reed, "dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of contemporary American multicultural literature". The Foundation makes annual awards for books published in ... References Bibliography * (Anthology; includes writer biographies) * (Anthology; includes writer biographies) ** {{cite book , editor1=Suzanne Bost , editor2=Frances R. Aparicio , editor2-link=Frances Aparicio , title= Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=90MHF_rZuCwC, year= 2013 , publisher=Routledge, isbn=978-1-136-22160-6 , chapter=Canons: Cuban-American Literature , pages=413–422 , author= Ricardo L. Ortíz , ref = {{harvid, Ortíz, 2013 } Hispanic and Latino American writers, List Cuban List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaspar Betancourt Cisneros
Gaspar Betancourt y Cisneros (April 28, 1803 - December 7, 1866), also known as "El Lugareño" (), was a Cuban revolutionary, writer, and pioneer of Cuban journalism. Early life and education Gaspar Betancourt y Cisneros was born in Puerto Príncipe (now Camagüey), Spanish Cuba on April 28, 1803. He was baptized in the Camagüey Cathedral. He was born into a noble and affluent planter family in Camagüey. He was an elder relative of Salvador Cisneros Betancourt. His family heritage links back to the Bettencourt surname and Jean de Béthencourt, the figure who initiated the Canary Islands' colonization in 1402. Betancourt was an early student of Félix Varela. He studied in his hometown of Camagüey until the early 1820s. Career In 1822, he was sent to the United States to complete his studies in Philadelphia and gained employment at a trading house. In 1823, a young Betancourt participated in a delegation of a Cuban independentist group tied to Antonio Valero de Bernab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Curbelo
Silvia Curbelo is a Cuban-born, American poet and writer. Career She is the author of four collections of poetry including ''Falling Landscape'' ( Anhinga Press, 2015) ''Ambush'' (Main Street Rag, 2004), ''The Secret History of Water'' (Anhinga Press, 1997), and her first chapbook, the winner of the 1990 Gerald Cable Poetry Chapbook Competition, ''The Geography of Leaving'' (Silverfish Review Press, 1991). Curbelo's poetry appears in over two dozen anthologies including ''The Body Electric: America's Best Poetry'' (W.W. Norton), ''Snakebird: Thirty Years of Anhinga Poets'' ( Anhinga Press), ''Norton's Anthology of Latino Literature'' (W. W. Norton), and ''The Aunt Lute Anthology of U.S. Women Writers, Volume Two: The 20th Century'' ( Aunt Lute Books). Her poems have appeared in various journals, including ''American Poetry Review'', ''Kenyon Review'', '' Gettysburg Review'', ''Prairie Schooner'', ''Indiana Review'', ''Crab Orchard Review'' and '' Tampa Review''. Awards She has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nilo Cruz
Nilo Cruz is a Cuban-American playwright and pedagogue. With his award of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play '' Anna in the Tropics'', he became the second Latino so honored, after Nicholas Dante. Biography Early years Cruz was born in 1960 to Tina and Nilo Cruz, Sr. in Matanzas, Cuba. The family immigrated to Little Havana in Miami, Florida, in 1970 on a Freedom Flight, and eventually naturalised to the United States. His interest in theater began with acting and directing in the early 1980s. He studied theater first at Miami-Dade Community College, later moving to New York City, where Cruz studied under fellow Cuban María Irene Fornés. Fornes recommended Cruz to Paula Vogel who was teaching at Brown University where he would later receive his M.F.A. in 1994. Career In 2001, Cruz served as the playwright-in-residence for the New Theatre in Coral Gables, Florida, where he wrote '' Anna in the Tropics''. Rafael de Acha, artistic director of the New Theatre, prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Migdia Chinea-Varela
Migdia Skarsgård Chinea-Varela (also credited as Migdia Chinea) is an American screenwriterK L. Billingsley "'Voluntary' effort shuts out TV writer Hollywood puts Hispanics in second tier," ''Washington Times'' March 25, 1997 and directorTaylor, Brittany''Grad student Midgia Skarsgård Chinea's film 'anonymous (street meat)' selected for Cannes Short Film festival'' Daily Bruin, 25 May 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2013. She was a writer for the TV series ''Superboy'', as well as for ''The Incredible Hulk'', '' The Facts of Life'', and ''Punky Brewster''. She appeared in the second season of ''Sanford and Son'' as Maria Fuentes, the younger sister of Julio Fuentes, in the 1973 episode "Watts Side Story". She has written about theatre for the ''Los Angeles Times'' She lives in Glendale, California. In 2012, Skarsgård-Chinea graduated with a master's degree from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. She wrote and directed the short film ''Anonymous (Street Meat)'' as pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premio Azorín
The Premio Azorín de Novela (Azorín Prize for Best Novel) is one of the most important literary awards for works written in the Spanish language. It was originally created by Spain's Ministry of Information and Tourism in 1970. The modern form of the award was created in 1994, by the Spanish provincial government (diputación) of Alicante together with Editorial Planeta (Planeta Publishing House). The prize honors one of the finest Spanish writers of the so-called "Generation of 98", José Augusto Trinidad Martínez Ruíz (1873-1967), who used to sign his works under the pseudonym of Azorín. The prize is given annually to a non-published and original novel, whose author receives 68.000 € (some 93.000 dollars). As part of the prize, Planeta publishes the awarded novel. List of winners References External links Azorín Award at Planeta Group, Editorial Planeta {{DEFAULTSORT:Premio Azorin Spanish literary awards Awards established in 1994 Planeta literary awards 1994 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daína Chaviano
Daína Chaviano () (born 19 February 1957, Havana)Profile ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. Accessed April 9, 2015. is a writer of French and Asturian descent. She has lived in the United States since 1991. She is considered one of the three most important female fantasy and science fiction writers in the Spanish language, along with Angélica Gorodischer (Argentina) and Elia Barceló (Spain), forming the so-called “feminine trinity of science fiction in Ibero-America.� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlota Caulfield
Carlota is a Portuguese and Spanish given name, equivalent to Charlotte in English. This name may refer to: People *Carlota (name) Places *Carlota Cove, a cove in Antarctica *Carlota Island, an island in the Philippines *Lago Carlota National Reserve, in Chile *Villa Carlota, Mexico, a farming settlement * Carlota (Mexico), a New Virginia Colony settlement for ex-Confederate soldiers after the American Civil War *La Carlota (other) Other *''Acmaeodera carlota'', a beetle species *Operation Carlota, a Cuban military intervention in Angola during the 1970s *''Carlota'', a 1977 children's historical novel by Scott O'Dell Scott O'Dell (May 23, 1898 – October 15, 1989) was an American people, American writer of 26 novels for young people, along with three novels for adults and four nonfiction books. He wrote historical fiction, primarily, including several chi ... See also * Carlotta (other) {{disambiguation, geo, given name Portuguese feminine given n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra M
Sandra or SANDRA may refer to: People * Sandra (given name) * Sandra (singer) (born 1962), German pop singer * Margaretha Sandra (1629–1674), Dutch soldier * Sandra (orangutan), who won the legal right to be defined as a "non-human person" Places * Șandra, a commune in Timiș County, Romania * Şandra, a village in Beltiug Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania * Sandra, Estonia, a village * 1760 Sandra, an asteroid Other uses * "Sandra" (song), a 1975 song by Barry Manilow * "Sandra", song by Idle Eyes, 1986 * ''Sandra'' (1924 film), a lost drama film * ''Sandra'' (1965 film), an Italian film * SANDRA (research project), part of the European Union's Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development * Tropical Storm Sandra, several tropical cyclones * ''Sandra'' (podcast), a scripted fiction podcast starring Kristen Wiig and Alia Shawkat See also * Sandro (other) * Sandara Park Sandara Park (; born November 12, 1984), known mononymously as Dara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lourdes Casal
Lourdes Casal (April 5, 1938 – February 1, 1981) was an important poet and activist for the Cuban community. She was internationally known for her contributions to psychology, writing, and Cuban politics. Born and raised in Cuba, she sought exile in New York because of Cuban communist rule. Casal received a master's degree in psychology in 1962 and later, a doctorate in 1975 from the New School for Social Research. She wrote the book ''El caso Padilla: literatura y revolucion en Cuba,'' which illustrated the failing relationship between writers and Cuban officials. A year later, she co-founded a journal named ''Nueva Generation'' which focused on creating dialogue on relationships between Cubans living abroad and on the island. Casal earned notoriety by attempting to reconcile Cuban exiles in the United States. She was instrumental in organizing a dialogue between Cuban immigrants and Fidel Castro, which led to the release of thousands of Cuban prisoners. She was the first Cuban-A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejo Carpentier
Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (, ; December 26, 1904 – April 24, 1980) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, of French and Russian parentage, Carpentier grew up in Havana, Cuba, and despite his European birthplace, he strongly identified as Cuban throughout his life. He traveled extensively, particularly in France, and to South America and Mexico, where he met prominent members of the Latin American cultural and artistic community. Carpentier took a keen interest in Latin American politics and often aligned himself with revolutionary movements, such as Fidel Castro's Communist Revolution in Cuba in the mid-20th century. Carpentier was jailed and exiled for his leftist political philosophies. With a developed knowledge of music, Carpentier explored musicology, publishing an in-depth study of the music of Cuba, ''La música en Cuba'' and integrated musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
